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Everplay™ Standard To Be Administered By Osta
WEBWIRE – Friday, March 2, 2007
FUJIFILM Corporation, Eastman Kodak and Konica Minolta Photo Imaging Inc., founders and owners of the EVERPLAY specification, today announced an agreement with the Optical Storage Technology Association (OSTA) to transfer ongoing administration and future development of the EVERPLAY image interoperability specification to OSTA. The EVERPLAY specification is designed to ensure compatibility of digital photos and videos across a broad range of consumer products for future generations.
When the EVERPLAY specification was finalized in February 2006, Kodak, Fujifilm and Konica Minolta initiated a royalty-free license program and urged widespread adoption by companies throughout the consumer digital imaging industry, as well as the consumer electronics, software, photo, and image processing industries. "After starting the EVERPLAY license program, a lot of people and companies had interest and downloaded the EVERPLAY specification v.1.10 from the web site," said Hideki Morikawa, Operations Manager, Business Incubation Division, for FUJIFILM Corporation. "We think it is important to set EVERPLAY as an international standard for it to be widely adopted, and this gives customers tremendous benefits."
"The EVERPLAY founders agree that it is time to transfer the standard to an established trade association to manage ongoing administration and engage a more open standards process to further promote its adoption," said Frank M. Ranalletti, Director, Technology Initiatives, Consumer Digital Imaging Group, for Eastman Kodak. "OSTA has a long history of creating and promoting widely adopted compatibility specifications including the Universal Disk Format (UDF) file system used on every DVD in the world and the MultiRead specification for interoperability of recordable CDs. As a result, we felt that OSTA was best suited for the task."
"We are very pleased that OSTA has been selected to advance the EVERPLAY specification and promote its adoption as an international standard," said David Bunzel, OSTA president. "It offers excellent interoperability benefits to the imaging industry, and has great potential beyond imaging to facilitate storage, search, exchange, printing and playback of consumer data, with the recognition and organization of the images or content available across multiple devices."
Under terms of the memorandum of understanding between the EVERPLAY founders and OSTA, the specification will be administered as a working group within OSTA. The EVERPLAY specification and trademarks will continue to be licensed freely to products and services that are compliant to the EVERPLAY standard. OSTA will maintain the everplay-spec.org website.
OSTA representatives will be available to meet with potential licensees of the EVERPLAY specification at the upcoming Photo Marketing Association International Convention and Trade Show in Las Vegas, March 8 – 11. Interested parties may contact Debbie Maguire at dmaguire@osta.org to schedule a private meeting.
EVERPLAY Background
Methods to organize and preserve digital images have evolved independently by many different companies and have lost interoperability among different manufacturers systems. There are also potential playback problems as time passes, systems evolve and formats change. The EVERPLAY specification aims to resolve these issues and respond to consumers' needs to protect images and enjoy widespread interoperability. The specification is designed to make it easy to implement in products and services and uses next-generation XML language to guarantee interoperability.
By signing the licensing agreement, which is available on the EVERPLAY website (www.everplay-spec.org), any company can acquire a royalty-free license to implement the specification, use the trademarks and obtain rights to the patents owned by the EVERPLAY founders. In addition, a software development kit (SDK) v.1.10 and verifying tool v1.10 are available at no cost. OSTA will now manage the administration, licensing and future development of the EVERPLAY brand and specification.
The original Picture Archiving and Sharing Standard (PASS), which was the name of the project to develop the EVERPLAY specification, was awarded the prestigious Best Technology in Europe 2005 Award at the Technical Image Press Association (TIPA) European Photo & Imaging Awards 2005.
Fujifilm Group is a leading global provider of imaging, information and document-related products and services, and a pioneer of a wide range of digital systems. It had global revenues of Yen2.667 trillion (US$22.8 billion, at the rate of Yen117=US$1) in the year ended March 31, 2006 and 75,845 employees worldwide. Its Imaging Solutions segment includes digital cameras, color film as well as photofinishing equipment/services. Flat panel display materials, medical imaging, graphic arts and other businesses constitute its Information Solutions segment, and digital color copiers and other office products/services comprise the Document Solutions segment. Through development and selective application of its advanced digital, network, image processing, and other proprietary technologies, the Fujifilm Group has expanded from its original field of silver-halide photographic films into diverse new business fields. As a global company with a reputation for the highest quality and reliability, Fujifilm will use leading-edge, proprietary technologies to provide top-quality products and services that contribute to the advancement of culture, science, technology and industry, as well as improved health and environmental protection in society.
More information about Fujifilm (NASDAQ: FUJI) is available at http://www.fujifilm.com/.
About Eastman Kodak Company
Kodak is the world's foremost imaging innovator. With sales of $13.3 billion in 2006, the company is committed to a digitally oriented growth strategy focused on helping people better use meaningful images and information in their life and work. Consumers use Kodak's system of digital and traditional products and services to take, print and share their pictures anytime, anywhere; Businesses effectively communicate with customers worldwide using Kodak solutions for prepress, conventional and digital printing and document imaging; Creative Professionals rely on Kodak technology to uniquely tell their story through moving or still images; and leading Healthcare organizations rely on Kodak's innovative products, services and customized workflow solutions to help improve patient care and maximize efficiency and information sharing within and across their enterprise.
More information about Kodak (NYSE: EK) is available at www.kodak.com.
About Konica Minolta
Konica Minolta Group's business domain spans "from imaging input to output." The Group offers diverse products and services for new digital imaging environments in a wide range of fields. Our business domain is broad, including office equipment, optical devices, medical imaging, graphic imaging and measuring instruments. More information about Konica Minolta is available at http://konicaminolta.com/.
About the Optical Storage Technology Association (OSTA)
The Optical Storage Technology Association (OSTA) was incorporated as an international trade association in 1992 to promote the use of recordable optical technologies and products. The organization's membership includes optical product manufacturers and resellers from three continents, representing more than 85 percent of worldwide writable optical product shipments. They work to shape the future of the industry through regular meetings of DVD Compatibility, Commercial Optical Storage Applications (COSA), MPV, ODAT and UDF committees. Interested companies are invited to join the organization and participate in its programs by contacting OSTA at (408) 253-3695, by fax at (408) 253-9938, or by addressing its Web site at http://www.osta.org.
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If to you the top appears wider than the bottom, it is an illusion due to the angle where the top is further forward than the bottom is. The bezel inside of the aluminum wrapping around it is wide open with vertical supports running from top to bottom. Centered in the bezel, since this was designed by R, their logo went on to the front of the Cube.
At the top of the bezel, we find the front I/O panel. Here we have a microphone 3.5mm jack, RAZER green USB 3.0 ports, and the headphone jack to the right.
The top of the Cube is made from an aluminum panel which has the bulk of it removed for the addition of a tinted window. At the front of the panel, nearest the bezel, there is a green backlit power button, which is also made of aluminum.
The right side of the chassis leans to the front at both the front and back of the Cube. The extruded aluminum panel is wider near the front, and thinner near the back so that the angled window can show off more of the motherboard and video card that will be found behind this panel once assembled.
The Cube comes with an inverted layout on the inside, leaving the externally mounted expansion slot covers at the top. The exhaust fan and rear I/O area takes up most of the back panel, with the PSU just below it. Looking to the far right side, we also see a button to allow users to turn on and off the green LEDs that accent this design.
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Review: Superman #18 (2019) Does Superman's Secret Identity Matter?
Maurice Mitchell 12/11/2019 01:00:00 PM Alex-Sinclair, Comics, Comics-This-Week, Ivan-Reis, Joe-Prado, Maurice-Mitchell, Rachael-Scott, review-comics, Superman
Read this review to find out if Superman #18 is worth buying.
About Superman #18
Written by Jody Houser
Artwork by Ivan Reis
Inking by Joe Prado
Color by Alex Sinclair
Synopsis: "With Superman's family scattered across the galaxy, our hero must confront some of his greatest concerns about himself and his place in the galaxy. Legendary artist Ivan Reis joins writer Brian Michael Bendis as they introduce the biggest change in the Man of Steel's life ever!"
On Sale Date: December 11, 2019
If you want to avoid spoilers for this comic then skip to the overall section at the end.
Warning: Spoilers for Superman #18
Recap: Superman #18
Superman #18 opens with Superman listening in to a press conference before dropping to the podium. Then it flashbacks to a week before when he mediated the first official gathering of the "United Planets". After the interplanetary fight that almost broke out in Superman #17 and the number of times he's brokered peace it sounds like a great idea.
While he's there he takes Adam Strange aside and talks to him about his decision to reveal his identity. After everything that had been happening with his son aging and moving to the future, his father Jor-El's lies revealed and the death of Jor-El and Lois' father Sam Lane he's been through a lot. The two agree it's normal for him to feel overwhelmed.
But does Superman really need a secret? Now he's not sure. Strange makes a hilarious guess that Superman is really Batman. This whole scene is well-paced and emphasizes Strange's humor without taking away from the poignancy of the moment. The story does a bit of a retcon implying that the Clark Kent persona was his father and adopted parent's idea. Historically it was always Superman's idea, but the current history does line up with that.
Clark Kent returns to his job as a reporter for The Daily Planet. He thinks about how Superman has affected his life through a series of wordless panels. It's moving. Finally, he goes to see the editor Perry White. Some beautifully well-done panels show him reveal his secret and Perry gives him a big hug.
Perry White has often been shown as a surrogate father for Clark. He and Lois even named their son after him. It makes you misty-eyed to think of the evolution of their relationship.
After that, Superman takes Jimmy Olsen to the roof. Then he puts on his glasses. Jimmy says he doesn't get it. He just looks like "Superman with glasses". Turns out it's a prank and Lois already told him.
Superman goes to see his wife Lois Lane. She reminds him Jimmy has been her friend before Clark even came to Metropolis. She had a right to tell him first. Then Lois tells him her article on the reveal is complete and mentally had been written since their honeymoon.
Cutting back to present day Superman reveals his secret on international television. Superman is really Clark Kent. There's a nice montage of people around the world reacting to the news. He tells them that standing for truth and hope means he can't hide behind a secret identity anymore. Superman doesn't know what's going to happen now but thanks everyone for inspiring him and flies away.
Then it cuts to the Legion of Doom where Cheetara is laughing her head off. Brainiac screams at the smartest man in the world "How did you NOT see this coming?!". Luthor looks like he's paralyzed with rage. You know he's about to pop off.
This isn't the first time Superman revealed his identity.. None has been permanent, so who knows if Superman will keep his secret public for long. The comic implies it's no big deal. In this age of Twitter and cell phones does it really matter? Just like Superman we don't know what will happen next.
Overall: Borrow Superman #18
The build-up to the latest issue of Superman has been coming for a while. Was it worth the wait? Yes and no. The best part is the reminder that Superman's friends are important to him. While Superman is the "man of steel" he wears his heart on his sleeve. Jody Houser writes these moments perfectly. They're touching and moving.
On the other hand, the build-up to the reveal feels weak considering all the hype. There are no big moments in the comic and no big fight scenes. Superman #18 sets up the conflict but there's no pay off yet. The art is good and the writing well-done but it feels small. That's disappointing since this reveal is decades in the making.
Ivan Reis' pencils are reminiscent of Joe Kubert and have strong lines and facial expressions. The inking by Joe Prado is powerful and the deep shadows punctuate many of the panels. Alex Sinclair's color palette is vibrant and emotive as it goes from the brightness in space to the dark offices of Perry White. Well-done. I look forward to the upcoming issue when they can shine more.
The comic is good. But it remains to be seen if it will be a landmark issue or just another moment in Superman history. He had a mullet once but no one cares about that now. Maybe no one will care that Superman revealed his secret. Maybe it's not important after all.
Buy Superman #18 at your local comic book shop or online at Comixology
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Police seek clues to murder-suicide — (The Press Enterprise)
Tuesday, May 6th, 2003
Original article no longer available
The Press Enterprise
By STEFANIE FRITH, THE PRESS-ENTERPRISE
CORONA: Why a father shot his daughter to death, then himself, baffles investigators.
CORONA – A Corona man believed to have shot his daughter in the head before taking his own life was on medication for depression, a factor that may have led to their deaths last week, police said.
A memorial service will be held today in Cypress for Maurice Cloutier, 58, and his daughter, 30-year-old Carolyn Cloutier. Both were found dead of single gun shot wounds to their heads April 30.
Police said Cloutier shot Carolyn Cloutier first while she was lying in bed inside their Citrocado Rancho Street home and then shot himself. They were found by officers after their employers called to say they had not shown up for work.
"We are dumbfounded," Sgt. John Rasso said. "We are not sure why he did this."
Cloutier left behind a suicide note, which police said they haven't figured out. Rasso said there was nothing in the note explaining why the shootings took place.
Cloutier was taking medication for depression, Rasso said. His wife, Lucille, had died of cancer in November. A son, Ron, lives in Texas.
"We are not sure if that had a connection," he said. "Maybe."
Neighbors and friends said they were shocked by the news. Cloutier worked for AT&T Wireless, where a co-worker said he had left his desk as if he was coming back the next day. Carolyn Cloutier worked at a restaurant at Disneyland.
"Her biggest dream was to get married and have children," friend Karen Allers said. "I'm sad that never happened for her."
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Hello! Greetings from Portugal and the major Faculty of Engineering from Lisbon (IST), when I graduated in Physics and some extra stuff in Mathematics.
My pen name is a very famous anime vampire protagonist: Arucard (or Alucard), and since then every forum or discussion board I use this pseudonym.
Since this forum is a general calculator/mathematic software discussion, I decided to join to share my projects which alone I don't have any chance to make it real.
The main crazy project that I have about ten years dream it was to create the first color based calculator handled, even before the PRIZM come to the shops! Even this crazy stuff was to be impossible to achive with my non-existent resources, some of my thoughts was writing in a white-paper that I will publish in another thread.
Since my graduate fields in Physics and Mathematics, I will publish some funny threads to share my knowledges.
p.s. Sorry to my biased english grammar.
I hope you find Omnimaga useful and fun!
IIRC Alucard is a Castlevania character, no?
Hello Nosferatu Arucard 1983! I've seen some of the Hellsing OVA series, and it's pretty freaking awesome. I really love the style. If you have any projects in the works, please feel free to post them. And yea, Alucard (from Hellsing) was an old AIM screen name of mine, but I don't really use it anymore.
Welcome I always love talking to people with an interest in math and science(specifically physics or chemistry).
I'd love to see some of your stuff. Do you program much?
I will show quick as possible my comunity project: Maxima OS (since I don't have too much programming knowledge).
(My ideia is to create a new lighter and modern GUI for Maxima running on a Linux OS, which can be used in a potencial calculator, or ported trivially to a computer).
It's totally free and open-source, so your cheap Android smartphone now have the best open-source CAS on the planet, and can make excellent 2D and 3D graphic plots!
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I am taking a break! - Time to fly somewhere, and get the most out of it!
I am taking a break! – Time to fly somewhere new, and get the most out of it!
Hi, everybody! As you all know, I love and encourage communication, so I am making a short blog post this week "just to share" that I am on vacation!
Okay! So this is how it goes!
For pretty much the entire month of September, Fiverr and Etsy will be closed.
In this site, a pop-up will appear notifying you of this vacation. If you book a psychic reading, you will join the queue. I will get started on it in October.
I will not be replying to my e-mail every day unless there is an urgency requiring healing. Except for the third week, since I will be out of town.
If you need a healing session, you may order it, and I will be happy to send you healing. However, only healing, not readings. If you do, please go straight to the point with your intents. If you send me a long e-mail, I will add it to the queue as well.
During the third week, I will have little to no access to the Internet, so I will not be able to check e-mails nor attend healings (it is essential to unplug every now and now then.) During this time, you will not hear back from me. You will do once I am back home, I will add you to the queue in case of a reading. If you ordered a healing session and it goes to the point, I will work on it within the next few days.
And this is pretty much it 🙂 I just wanted to share everything with all of you, this way, you get to know how things will be for this entire month 🙂 Starting October, we go back to normal!
As I shared last week, I planned to release the Crown Chakra activation. Since I am going to be away, I already prepared next week's blog entry for you guys, and when we get there, you will be able to grab your Crown Chakra Activation Meditation. I hope you have a great week! Until next Wednesday!


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Haley Jones, No. 1 Stanford escape South Carolina, reach title game | Women's NCAA semifinals
Santa Cruz native scores team-high 24 points as Cardinal reach first final since 2010
South Carolina forward Aliyah Boston, left, fights for a rebound with Stanford guard Haley Jones during the first half of the Women's Final Four semifinal game Friday at the Alamodome in San Antonio. (Eric Gay – The Associated Press)
By Doug Feinberg |
PUBLISHED: April 2, 2021 at 5:34 p.m. | UPDATED: April 3, 2021 at 2:13 a.m.
SAN ANTONIO — Santa Cruz native Haley Jones scored 24 points, including the go-ahead jumper with 32 seconds left, to help Stanford beat South Carolina 66-65 on Friday night and advance to the women's NCAA Tournament championship game.
It's Stanford's first trip to the title game since 2010, which was also in San Antonio. The Cardinal lost to UConn in that contest, 53-47.
The Cardinal (30-2) will play the winner of UConn and Arizona for the title on Sunday night. Coach Tara VanDerveer will be looking for her third national championship at the school and first since 1992.
Trailing 65-64 with 32 seconds left, Jones hit a jumper from the corner off a rebound that gave the Cardinal a one-point lead.
"I just saw the ball bouncing around and most of my teammates were hitting some bodies to open it up. I just let it fly and I said, 'Please, Jesus, go in,' and it did," Jones said. "And then we just had to go on to the next play, there's no time to get hyped about, we had to get back on defense."
Haley Jones of the Stanford Cardinal celebrates with teammates against the South Carolina Gamecocks during the fourth quarter in the Final Four semifinal game Friday in San Antonio, Texas. (Elsa - Getty Images)
Stanford guard Haley Jones, a Santa Cruz native, shoots the go-ahead basket against South Carolina guard Brea Beal during the fourth quarter Friday at the Alamodome in San Antonio. (Morry Gash - The Associated Press)
Stanford guard Haley Jones, a Santa Cruz native, blocks a shot by South Carolina guard Brea Beal during the second half Friday at the Alamodome in San Antonio. (Eric Gay - The Associated Press)
Stanford forward Cameron Brink, right, shoots over South Carolina forward Victaria Saxton, left, during the first half of a women's Final Four NCAA college basketball tournament semifinal game Friday, April 2, 2021, at the Alamodome in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
Stanford guard Kiana Williams looks to move the ball against South Carolina during the second quarter in the Final Four semifinal game at the Alamodome on Friday in San Antonio. (Carmen Mandato - Getty Images)
South Carolina forward Aliyah Boston, left, fights for a rebound with Stanford guard Haley Jones during the first half of the Women's Final Four semifinal game Friday at the Alamodome in San Antonio. (Eric Gay - The Associated Press)
Aliyah Boston had her shot blocked, but got her own rebound. Then, with 15 seconds left, Destanni Henderson threw a pass that was stolen by Ashten Prechtel.
After an inbounds, Cameron Brink lost the ball at midcourt to Boston, giving South Carolina a chance. Brea Beal missed a driving layup and Boston's putback at the buzzer also was off the rim, sending the Cardinal onto the court to celebrate.
"Bre had a great shot. Aliyah, we should've boxed her out, she had a great shot, thankfully, it didn't go in and we're moving on to Sunday," Jones said.
Jones and Fran Belibi ran to Boston, who was still standing under the basket and both embraced her with a long hug,
Henderson had scored six consecutive points to give the Gamecocks (26-5) a 65-64 lead with 38.8 seconds left. She had a three-point play and a 3-pointer.
Zia Cooke finished with 25 points to lead South Carolina.
Trailing 15-6 midway through the first quarter, Stanford scored the last nine points of the period to tie the game heading into the second. The Gamecocks missed their final six shots of the quarter and were scoreless for the final 4:48.
"We know basketball team's have runs, so we can't let that first quarter or the first five minutes dictate the whole game," said Stanford's Lexie Hull, who had 18 points and 13 rebounds.
The drought continued in the second quarter as the Gamecocks missed their first five shots and didn't hit a field goal until Zia Cooke's 3-pointer in the quarter made it 22-20. She had hit the previous basket nearly 9 1/2 minutes earlier.
The Cardinal had outscored the Gamecocks 16-2 since the early deficit.
Stanford led 31-25 at the half as Prechtel picked up where she left off from the win over Louisville in the Elite Eight. She had 16 points, all in the second half, to help the Cardinal rally to beat Louisville. She had seven in the opening 20 minutes against South Carolina.
Boston had a solid first half with seven points, nine rebounds and four blocks for the Gamecocks. She finished with 11 points, 16 rebounds and four blocks.
BANGED UP
Brink came into the game banged up after tweaking her leg in the Elite Eight win over Louisville. She had six points and six blocks.
RECORD SHOOTING
Jones hit the first 3-pointer of the second half for Stanford to break the record for most 3-pointers in the NCAA Tournament. That was the Cardinal's 55th in the five games, giving them one more than UConn had in 2015.
Stanford 66, South Carolina 65
Up next: NCAA Championship, Stanford vs. Arizona
When: Sunday, 3 p.m.
Doug Feinberg


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US Family Blames Cruise Company For Toddler's Death
Chloe Wiegand, from Indiana, died on Sunday
BBC News:- The family of a toddler who died after falling 11 storeys from an open window on a Royal Caribbean cruise ship has blamed the company for the accident.
Chloe Wiegand fell after her grandfather put her on the railing of a children's play area, believing there was glass there, the family claims.
Royal Caribbean said it was "deeply saddened" but would not comment further to respect the family's privacy.
The family's lawyer said there should have been a warning sign on the window.
The one-year-old died from the fall on Sunday while the ship was docked in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Attorney Michael Winkleman, of the Miami-based law firm Lipcon, Margulies, Alsina & Winkleman, told the BBC in a statement that Chloe's grandfather did not drop her, but she fell from an open pane that should have been closed securely.
Chloe and her grandfather were playing in a water zone for children on the ship, Mr Winkleman said.
"Chloe wanted to bang on the glass" as she did during her brother's hockey games when she fell out of the window.
He said "her grandfather thought there was glass just like everywhere else, but there was not, and she was gone in an instant".
"The family needs answers as to why there would be an open window in a wall full of fixed windows in a kids' play area? Why would you have the danger without any warning, sign, or notice?"
Mr Winkleman has told US media that he felt there was "significant blame on the cruise line" as he thought it appeared to be a case of negligence.
The Wiegand family has remained in Puerto Rico as Chloe's grandfather, Salvatore Anello, is under investigation.
During a news conference on Tuesday, Mr Winkleman said there are many measures to prevent children from falling out of windows, like screens, and questioned why there was ever an open window in an area designed for children to play in.
Mr Winkleman told reporters the family felt "terrible", and that Mr Anello was "crying hysterically" when they spoke.
Royal Caribbean's statement to US media noted that the company has made a "Care Team available to assist the family with any resources they need". The company is co-operating with local authorities in the investigation.
New generation July 10, 2019 at 9:23 am
Somebody s gonna get fired …..
I don't know why they like to let children bang on glass in the first place. Smh
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As previously reported on Conduit Street, Charles County recently formed a 6-member work group to make recommendations on the County's comprehensive plan and create a septic tier map. A February 12 SoMdNews.com article provided an update on the work group's progress.
Following its third meeting last week, the work group tasked with drawing a septic tiers map for Charles County appeared to be moving away from the pro-growth plan approved by the planning commission.
The six-member panel is comprised of Maryland Department of Planning Secretary Richard Hall, Charles County Planning Commission Chairman Steve Bunker, Vice Chairman Joseph Richard, La Plata farmer David Lines, developer Doug Meeker and former Calvert County Planning Director Greg Bowen.
"Obviously we were pushing for more Tier IV [and] county staff was looking for more opportunities for Tier III, but I think having this as the base map is moving in the right direction," MDP Planning Services Director Rich Josephson said.
The meeting also produced five options for reducing the impact of downzoning on local property owners — changes to the county's existing transferable development rights program, establishment of a purchase of development rights program, allowing multiple conservation easements on the same property, continue existing county-state conservation partnerships, and tax incentives for farm and land preservation.
The article also noted that the tiers would not affect the development rights of any lot approved or at a certain stage in the approval process when the 2012 septic system legislation, which mandated the tiers, was passed.
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The Role of Gender, Class, and Religion in Biracial Americans Racial Labeling Decisions
Racial attachments are understood to be socially constructed and endogenous to gender, socioeconomic, and religious identities. Yet we know surprisingly little about the effect of such identities on the particular racial labels that individuals self-select. In this article, I investigate how social identities shape the racial labels chosen by biracial individuals in the United States, a rapidly growing population who have multiple labeling options.
Exceptional Outgroup Stereotypes and White Racial Inequality Attitudes toward Asian Americans
Stereotypes of outgroups help create social identificational boundaries for ingroups. When the ingroup is dominant, members employ individualist sentiments to justify their status. In this study, we build on advances in social psychological research that account for multiple outgroup stereotypes. We argue the Asian American model minority stereotype is analogous to the "cold but competent" position of perceptions toward Asians in Fiske's stereotype content model.
New Horizontal Inequalities in German Higher Education? Social Selectivity of Studying Abroad between 1991 and 2012
On the basis of theories of cultural reproduction and rational choice, we examine whether access to study-abroad opportunities is socially selective and whether this pattern changed during educational expansion. We test our hypotheses for Germany by combining student survey data and administrative data on higher education entry rates. We find that studying abroad was socially selective during the entire observation period. Selectivity increased between 1991 and 2003 and hardly changed thereafter. Unexpectedly, the expansion of higher education does not explain this development.
School Racial Composition and Parental Choice: New Evidence on the Preferences of White Parents in the United States
Racial segregation remains a persistent problem in U.S. schools. In this article, we examine how social psychological factors—in particular, individuals' perceptions of schools with varying demographic characteristics—may contribute to the ongoing structural problem of school segregation. We investigate the effects of school racial composition and several nonracial school characteristics on white parents' school enrollment decisions for their children as well as how racial stereotypes shape the school choice process.
Ability Groupings Effects on Grades and the Attainment of Higher Education: A Natural Experiment
To test the effect of ability grouping on grades and the attainment of higher education, this study examines a naturally occurring experiment—an admission reform that dramatically increased ability sorting between schools in the municipality of Stockholm. Following six cohorts of students (N = 79,020) from the age of 16 to 26, I find a mean effect close to zero and small positive and negative differentiating effects on grades.
Stratified Failure: Educational Stratification and Students Attributions of Their Mathematics Performance in 24 Countries
Country rankings based on the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) invite politicians and specialists to speculate about the reasons their countries did well or failed to do well. Rarely, however, do we hear from the students on whose performance these rankings are based. This omission is unfortunate for two reasons. First, research suggests that how students explain their academic performance has important consequences for their future achievements.
(No) Harm in Asking: Class, Acquired Cultural Capital, and Academic Engagement at an Elite University
How do undergraduates engage authority figures in college? Existing explanations predict class-based engagement strategies. Using in-depth interviews with 89 undergraduates at an elite university, I show how undergraduates with disparate precollege experiences differ in their orientations toward and strategies for engaging authority figures in college. Middle-class undergraduates report being at ease in interacting with authority figures and are proactive in doing so. Lower-income undergraduates, however, are split.
Understanding Educational Policy Formation: The Case of School Violence Policies in Israel
This study explores mechanisms underlying processes of educational policy formation. Previous studies have given much attention to processes of diffusion when accounting for educational policy formation. Less account has been given to the day-to-day institutional dynamics through which educational policies develop and change. Building on extensive governmental archival data, complemented with interviews and media analysis, I study the development and transformation of school violence policies in Israel.
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This interactive presentation contains the latest oil & gas production data from all 2060 horizontal wells in West Virginia that started production since 2010, through December 2016.
This is the first time that I have a post on West Virginia, making it the 10th state for which I've shown oil & gas production from individual horizontal wells. West Virginia releases production data once a year, and 2016 production data was made available last week, which is included in the data shown here. As West Virginia is part of the Appalachian basin, also production data for Ohio and Pennsylvania are available in these presentation, but in most overviews they are not selected. If you wish to see them, just use the "Basin" selection available in each overview.
As you can see in the above overview, gas production rose each year since 2010, and ended 2016 close to 3.5 Bcf/d. Basically all these wells are focussed on gas, as associated oil (including condensate) & NGL is just 25 kbo/d.
In the "Well quality" tab, the production profiles of all these wells can be seen. Also in this basin, the yearly trend of increasing well performance is clearly visible.
In 2015 and 2016 the number of new well completions dropped however, while drilling slowed even faster. This caused a drop in drilled & uncompleted wells (DUCs), although since September 2016 drilling activities have increased again. These trends can be seen in the "Well status" tab, with the help of the "Show well statuses" selection available there.
The last tab ("Top operators"), shows that Antero Resources, and EQT are the leading operators in this state.
This "Ultimate recovery" overview shows how all these horizontal wells are heading towards their ultimate gas recovery. On average, the wells that started in 2014, are at 2.1 Bcf cumulative production after 25 months on production, with a production rate of just below 2000 Mcf/d.
The 2nd tab ("Cumulative production ranking"), shows the ranking of all these 2060 wells, based on cumulative production. As you can see, the best 2 wells have topped 7 Bcf.
On the maps shown in the 3rd & 6th tab, I've also selected Pennsylvania & Ohio. You can nicely see in those overviews where exactly the wells are clustered in the Appalachian basin, and where the most productive areas are.
If you are interested in the underlying data yourself, I've just added the data used in this presentation to the Get the Data page where it is available for purchase.
On Thursday I will also have a post on the Appalachian basin, showing production data for Pennsylvania & Ohio through March 2017.
This is absolutely outstanding work presenting the West Virginia data.
There is so much difference here from either Pennsylvania or the Ohio Utica that clearly identifiable results will be immensely helpful to all observers.
You may have seen from the oilpro site that a deeper understanding of your vast data will greatly assist people in understanding what is going on.
The acquisition of Rice by EQT will have huge – upside for production – consequences.
The numbers for WV will never rival Susquehanna or Bradford counties, but their very high liquid content (over 50% NGLs is common) will support strong economic returns.
The takeaway pipelines to Texas and Marcus Hook are large and more capacity is coming online.
An entirely new industry – shipping liquefied ethane in bulk – is barely a year old and is now supported by 3 dozen large, newly built for purpose ships.
WV production will play a large role here.
There are ongoing legal and legislative battles in the WV state legislature that has had a somewhat inhibiting impact on development.
Once again, great work, Enno.
Hopefully you will reap the benefits from all your time and efforts.
I appreciate it Gerard, thanks!
> The numbers for WV will never rival Susquehanna or Bradford counties, but their very high liquid content (over 50% NGLs is common) will support strong economic returns.
WV indeed reports NGL separately (before 2016 it was reported as condensate, and it is still reported in barrels). I've added these NGL numbers to the oil numbers. About 25% of the overall oil shown here was therefore actually reported as NGL. It still doesn't seem like a large amount; about 7 thousand 'barrels of NGL' per day in the whole state.


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public class QualityControl {
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    // Nulls are ok. Infinity, NaNs and negative values are suspicious.
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                if (column.getUniqueRatio() != null && column.getUniqueRatio().isInfinite()) LOGGER.severe("UniqueRatio " + table.getName() + "." + column.getName() + " is infinite");
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Texas Ad Campaign Tells Brutal Stories of the Unvaccinated
Powerful work by Baylor Scott & White Health
By Tim Nudd on Oct 20 2021 - 9:30am
A few months ago, with less than 44 percent of Texans vaccinated and the delta variant spreading rapidly, Baylor Scott & White Health—the largest not-for-profit healthcare system in the state and one of the largest in the U.S.—embarked on a new vaccine campaign based on a blunt truth: that 99.5% of Texans who were still dying from Covid-19 were unvaccinated.
But how to convince them to get the vaccine? Through heartbreaking true stories told by vaccinated family members who'd lost a loved one.
Three powerful 90-second spots from Launch Agency in Dallas, directed by Jaci Judelson, visit three grief-stricken homes, where a combination of onscreen interviews and family mementos reveal lives cut short too soon. We've seen a lot of vaccine campaigns this year, but the depth of feeling in this one is special—as is the exhortation to "find the words" to encourage unvaccinated family members to change their minds.
Find the Words | Jennifer
Find the Words | Lisa
Find the Words | Evelyn
The films have been airing in the Dallas area during Cowboys games for the past several weeks—at their full 90-second lengths. The vaccination rate in Texas has since risen to 52.6 percent.
Launch Agency also helped create a website with resources to help the vaccinated reframe the conversation with their friends and family to change minds and save lives.
We spoke with April Steinbach, creative director at Launch Agency, more about the campaign.
Muse: How did you find families willing to tell these stories?
April Steinbach: Baylor Scott & White Health's marketing and PR team helped gather all the families to be featured in the campaign. In fact, all these families were more than willing to participate with the hopes that their loved one's story could help change someone else's mind about getting vaccinated.
What was the process of gathering all the family photos?
Before filming, we interviewed our participants via phone/Zoom. Since we were featuring families that had lost someone or had someone in critical condition (Justin), we felt it was important to be able to show images of that person while the story was being told. All participants wanted to share photos and videos of their loved one. For them, it was a wonderful way to honor their memory.
Once we had the photos/videos, our director Jaci Judelson and her crew came up with creative ways to display and feature them in each film. The end result allowed viewers to get a sense of who that loved one was and how much they meant to their families.
The Jennifer film is unique. Why were you filming her at the time, not knowing she would lose her husband?
At the time of filming, all three stories had a similar thread. Families had either lost a loved one to Covid-19 who was not vaccinated or they had an unvaccinated loved one who was still in the hospital. Baylor Scott & White Health was even prominently running statistics in social and OOH that 94 percent of hospitalized Covid-19 patients are NOT vaccinated. So we wanted viewers to see that death or a long-term hospitalization could be avoided by getting vaccinated.
Jennifer's story was already very powerful even before his death. In fact, at the time of the interview, we thought he was turning a corner. It was quite a shock to hear the news he had died while we were actually editing her film. Each of these families are incredibly strong, and we are truly grateful to them for being brave enough to share their stories with our community.
What has the reaction been?
Since each :90 film broke during a Dallas Cowboys game, they definitely got a lot of exposure. We were grateful to see mostly positive comments and tweets during and after each game. We have even had requests from other counties to run these spots as PSAs in their area.
Of course, with a highly politicized topic like the Covid vaccine there will always be an opposing view, but the majority of the responses have been positive. We continue to see many people in our community sharing the videos on their social channels to help us spread the word.
Production Company: RAKISH
Director: Jaci Judelson at RAKISH
Director of Photography: Paul Meyers
Editors: Devon Bradbury and Meg Kubicka at Whitehouse Post
Colorist: Briana Brackett at Carbon
Music: Sixty Four Music
Mix & Sound: 19 Below
Producer: Jaime Roderer at Launch Agency
Photographer: Greg Kahn
Principal/Creative Director: David Wilgus at Launch Agency
Principal/Creative Director: Diane Seimetz at Launch Agency
Creative Director/Art Director: Brian Dedering at Launch Agency
Creative Director/Copywriter: April Steinbach at Launch Agency
Account Director: Jason Giles at Launch Agency
Account Supervisor: Megan Lucy Neal at Launch Agency
Director of Creative & Brand Management: Ben Day at Baylor Scott & White Health
Launch Agency
2 Minutes With ... Jonathan Webb, Creative Director at 21Grams
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Marvel's Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 3, Episode 17: The Team
After a very long wait, this week on Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. we finally get to see the debut of Daisy and her Secret Warriors. They were teased at the end of Season 2, and most viewers thought they'd make their debut early on this season, so it's about damned time they showed up.
The Secret Warriors were quite a fun and effective little team too! It was fun watching them finally cut loose and get to use their powers against HYDRA. The way they worked together as a team was reminiscent of the "money shots" in The Avengers movies, but on a TV budget.
Unfortunately it was over all too quickly. In fact everything about the Secret Warriors moved at a breakneck pace. In the space of just one episode we saw the team come together for the first time, complete a successful mission and then be torn apart by mistrust and suspicion. Jesus, would it have killed them to let them be a team for two or three episodes before ripping them apart? What the hell's the hurry? I'd much rather have spent a few more episodes with the Secret Warriors than see Mockingbird and Hunter interrogated by Russians for an hour.
SPOILERS FROM HERE ON!
I kind of felt bad for Malick in this episode. Yes, he's a ruthless, evil bastard, but in the past couple of episodes he's seen everything he's ever worked for crumble into rubble. He lost his beloved daughter, he's been betrayed by the "god" he worshiped his entire life, and he's even seen a glimpse of how he's going to die. I was hoping he would team up with Coulson and S.H.I.E.L.D. long enough to take out Hive Ward before it's too late. I guess it wasn't to be.
I was also a bit miffed by Malick's underwhelming death. It didn't even happen on camera! We did finally get to see Daisy kill him in a very brief flashback, but still... a villain of his magnitude deserved a bigger sendoff than this.
In this episode FitzSimmons mention that Lucio's brain is completely infected and controlled by Hive's spores, but they believe the process can be reversed. Obviously this was brought up so we don't worry too much about Daisy being possessed, since she'll no doubt be purged of Hive's influence at some point.
I'm also wondering the writers mentioned this as a potential way of flushing Hive from Ward's system, as a half-baked method of redeeming him and keeping him on the show for another season. I hope not. As much as I like hating the character, better he should go out with a bang than a redeeming whimper.
I still think Lash will have a part to play in the season finale. There's no way they brought him back a few episodes ago just so he could say goodbye to May.
Lastly, this week Marvel Studios announced they've indefinitely postponed their planned Inhumans movie. I was afraid of that, especially after they announced that Sony's allowing them to make Spider-Man movies.
The fact that Marvel Studios doesn't own the movie rights to Spider-Man, the Fantastic 4 and the X-Men is why they've given us such fun and offbeat superhero films like Guardians Of The Galaxy and Ant-Man. They'd no doubt have pumped out a Spider-Man movie every year since 2008 if they'd had the rights, denying us films about more obscure characters.
It's sort of a double-edged sword. Yes, Spider-Man's back at Marvel where he belongs, but at the cost of potentially more interesting movies.
I doubt this news will have any effect on Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Inhuman plotline though, as filming on this season no doubt wrapped months ago.
In an effort to rescue S.H.I.E.L.D. from HYDRA, Daisy assembles her Secret Warriors. She signals Joey and Yo-yo (interrupting their respective plans for the evening) and picks them up in the Quinjet. Daisy explains the mission to the team and they parachute (!) from the plane.
Coulson and the others are holed up inside Zephyr One, which is inside the HYDRA base. Giyera and Lucio try to break into the plane. Suddenly the Secret Warriors burst through the wall of the base. Daisy, Lincoln, Joey and Yo-yo all use their powers to efficiently wipe out the HYDRA grunts. They then split up to look for the S.H.I.E.L.D. members.
Daisy finds the Zephyr One, while Lincoln captures Gideon Malick. During the battle Lucio freezes Lincoln. Joey stabs and kills Lucio with a piece of metal, which visibly disturbs him. The Warriors free Coulson and the others, and May flies the Zephyr out.
As the plane flies off, Giyera says he failed to deliver S.H.I.E.L.D. Hive Ward says don't worry about it, as they now have "one on the inside." Naturally we're meant to think he means Malick.
Back at S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters, Coulson questions Malick. He says he regrets brining Hive to Earth, as he's now uncontrollable and pursuing his own agenda. He warns Coulson that "a reckoning is coming," and the Inhumans on his team now serve Hive, who almost certainly infected them at the HYDRA base. Coulson isn''t sure whether to believe his mortal enemy or not, but orders Mack to lock down the base.
FitzSimmons examine Lucio's body and discover it's still warm, and exhibiting cellular activity. They put him in quarantine. Meanwhile the Inhumans are puzzled by the lockdown, and want to go home. Daisy questions Coulson, who lies and says he locked down the base because of Malick.
Gradually the Inhumans all start exhibiting twitchy behavior, and grow suspicious of one another. FitzSimmons examines Lucio's brain, and find it's infected with Hive's spores. Just then the power goes out. Mack runs down a corridor and sees the interrogation room door is ajar. He looks inside and sees Malick lying dead on the floor (!), with a S.H.I.E.L.D.-issue disintegration grenade next to him. He dives for cover as the grenade goes off, vaporizing Malick's body. Kind of an anticlimactic demise for such an important villain, but whatever.
Coulson tries to round up Daisy and the other Inhumans in the common area, but they demand to know what's going on. Coulson fesses up and says Hive Ward can use his spores to control the minds and wills of any other Inhuman, and one of them may be infected. The Inhumans all scoff, but then immediately begin suspecting and accusing one another.
The Inhumans lock themselves in the common room. Joey's determined to get out. Lincoln agrees that's a good idea, and they should all sneak out if possible. Daisy says there's a secret elevator inside S.H.I.E.L.D. that leads to outside.
Daisy was just playing them though, and leads them all into a containment unit and locks them inside. Coulson suspects Lincoln is infected, because they found the Kree Orb in his locker. Lincoln tries to break out, but Daisy blasts him with her quake powers.
With Lincoln in custody, Daisy feels her first time as leader of a team was a disaster. Coulson tells her it wasn't her fault, but says the Secret Warriors have to be disbanded, because they're vulnerable to Hive Ward.
Daisy goes down to the containment unit to see Lincoln. She tells him she knows he wasn't the one who betrayed the team, and she's there to bust him out. She says the two of them can escape and start new lives somewhere. Lincoln doesn't think that's a very good idea. He suddenly realizes Daisy is the one who's infected. Hive Ward infected her right after she located the Zephyr One in the HYDRA base. She's also the one who killed Malick.
Lincoln tells Daisy to fight it, but she says she's happier than she's ever been. Lincoln refuses to go with her, so Daisy leaves without him. She grabs the Kree Orb and all the Terrigen crystals from the lockup. She then uses her powers to collapse the hanger onto Zephyr One. The ceiling collapses on Coulson and the others. Daisy walks out unharmed.
Meanwhile Hive Ward tells Giyera that it's time to find Daisy, or Skye, as he still calls her. Giyera mentions that Malick was a billionaire, and they have access to his fortune. Hive Ward suggests they spend it.
• In the comics, the members of the Secret Warriors were introduced in 2008, in Mighty Avengers #13, and they appeared as a team for the first time in Secret Invasion #3.
The initial membership was Nick Fury, Daisy Johnson, Yo-yo, Stonewall (the son of the Absorbing Man, who's appeared a couple of times on the show), Eden Mesi (a teleporter), Sebastian Druid (son of Marvel Comic character Doctor Druid) and Alexander Aaron (son of Ares, God Of War).
• Interesting to see two Spanish-speaking members on a superhero team. That's gotta be a first.
• Last week we found out that the name of the first Inhuman was "Alveus." This week we find out that's Latin for "hive."
I still think "Alveus" sounds like an allergy medicine.
• I very much enjoyed the interrogation scene between Coulson and Malick, which was a goldmine of great lines:
Malick: "Oh no, Mr. Coulson. It is a god. It's just not ours."
Malick: "I believed that I could resurrect a god. But instead I freed the Devil."
Coulson: "So I hunted down and murdered Grant Ward. Not to serve any good. Not to serve any belief. I wanted revenge. I wanted to feel him die."
Malick: That's the sin that gave your Devil new life.
Coulson: "Tell me how to stop him."
Malick: "This god has outlived..."
Coulson: "I've met gods. Gods bleed."
Malick: I never saw my last rodeo being with S.H.I.E.L.D."
• During the interrogation, Malick says Coulson doesn't know what it's like to be brought up in faith. Coulson says, "We we're C and E Catholics."
OK, I admit I had no idea what that meant, and had to look it up. A "C and E Catholic" is one who only attends Mass on Christmas and Easter. I don't think that's a purely Catholic thing— I think all religions have their C and E members.
• I was definitely surprised by the reveal that Daisy was the infected Inhuman. My money was on Lincoln, especially after he revealed a ton of backstory last week, something which generally spells doom for a character.
Labels: agents of s.h.i.e.l.d., agents of shield, episode 17, marvel, season 3, secret warriors, the team
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Mary MacLeod may refer to:

 Mary MacLeod (actress) (1937–2016), Scottish actress
 Mary Anne MacLeod Trump (1912–2000), mother of Donald Trump
 Mary Macleod (born 1969), British Conservative Party politician, Member of Parliament for Brentford and Isleworth 2010 – 2015
 Mary Isabella Macleod (1852–1933), pioneer and husband of James Macleod

See also
Mary McLeod (disambiguation)

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Friday, October 7, 2016 by Laura F.
Jill Hinson is the founder of the Core Compassion Project, a non-profit organization that awards Pilates scholarships to post-op breast cancer survivors. She built the organization from scratch, and now has volunteer Instructors participating in four states.
Jill took this unease to the Internet, where she researched training for exercise professionals who worked with cancer survivors, and found the The Pink Ribbon Program, an exercise therapy program designed for the needs of breast cancer survivors focusing on the 6-12 weeks post-surgery.
She signed up for the course, where she learned about the different kinds of surgeries, the after effects and presentations. "I learned that every case is different," she says. Just one week later she was discussing what she'd learned with a client at the studio. "She said she was glad to hear about the training, as she'd just been diagnosed," says Jill. Jill, whose young nephew is battling leukemia and whose mother is a colon cancer survivor, was convinced—she needed to do something to help.
She knew Pilates could offer many things to breast cancer survivors—increased mobility, strength and also mental benefits, being able to speak with Instructors who understand the language they are using, having conversations about health and wellness.
So Jill began the Core Compassion Project, a non-profit that awards Pilates scholarships of ten classes to post-op breast cancer survivors. She reached out to her community and gathered together a Board of Directors, fundraised $20,000 ($5,000 means 10 scholarships for survivors), and set about acquiring 501(c)3 status so donators could write off the amounts for tax purposes.
Every year Jill and her team hold a Girls Night Out fundraising event. The 4th edition this year drew 150. With the Core Compassion Project and Girls Night Out, "I felt like I was burning people out," she says. She realized she would need to form a second board for Girls Night Out. This time, she drew from the Pilates community. Jill's first studio client is now a five-year survivor, has become a Pilates Instructor, and in addition to being on the Girls Night Out committee, also teaches two scholarship privates a week. "She's dynamic," says Jill.
One of the challenges for Jill is drawing boundaries with the program. Often the women—30 have gone through the Core Compassion Project to date—need more classes beyond the ten that the scholarship provides. "For a while I was handing out sessions left and right out of my own pocket," she says. "We are working from our hearts." But she soon realized that in order to continue running her studio and the Core Compassion Project, she would need to draw lines as to how much she could give of herself.
But before getting so big, Jill says she needs to work on the smaller details of the current program, including web design tweaks, contracts and the volunteer base.


Album Review of Confessions by Nico Muhly.
Confessions is the debut recording of a collaboration between Faroese singer/songwriter Teitur (Teitur Lassen) and American composer Nico Muhly that dates back to 2009 when Muhly was composer-in-residence at the Netherlands' Muziekgebouw Frits Philips. The project was inspired by the early days of social networking and the phenomenon of people uploading mundane, sometimes uniquely self-revealing home videos, specifically to YouTube. Originally conceived as a shorter set for multimedia live performance, it grew to 14 songs that they recorded with the Holland Baroque ensemble.
The confessions on Confessions, a collaboration between American composer Nico Muhly and Faroese singer-songwriter Teitur, are not of the sinful kind. Shock value and cheap thrills are eschewed in favor of creating beauty from the mundane, exposing unspoken thoughts and everyday secrets against a lacy backdrop of Baroque chamber music from Dutch ensemble Holland Baroque. As a singer, Teitur has always worn his heart on his sleeve, and that vulnerability is a necessity to breathe heartstring-tugging life into free verse that borders on rambling at times.
On Confessions, Teitur—a Faroese singer with a quintessentially Scandi-lilt to his voice, à la Sondre Lerche or a Jens Lekman—draws inspiration from the commoner stuff of life. "The cat is stuck, in a tree," he bemoans, very matter-of-factly, on '"Cat Rescue". He contemplates the tribulations of nicotine addiction on "I Smoke": "I always start to smoke, in the summer, when I'm happy." He depicts a passing sense of déjà vu: "don't I know you from somewhere?".


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Hovik Hayrapetyan (, February 15, 1990) is an Armenian chess Grandmaster (2013). In 2010, he became the Armenian Chess Solving Champion.

Achievements

2007: Second at Jermuk International Open Chess Tournament Under 18
2012: Second at Andranik Margaryan Memorial
2015: First at 76th Armenian Chess Championship First League
2021: First at the 11th Andranik Margaryan Memorial

References

External links

1990 births
Living people
People from Stepanakert
Sportspeople from Yerevan
Chess grandmasters
Armenian chess players


can perform functions similar to the human intellect. The artificial intelligence that some of the devices possess is beyond imagination. This level of smartness can be seen in many scientific devices, mobile phones, laptops, and televisions.
The smart televisions in the market possess mind-blowing features. These televisions can be connected to laptops, while some of them have a web browser of their own. Some of the TVs are popularly known for providing their viewers access to apps such as YouTube and Netflix. The performance and graphics of these televisions are excellent as they serve as the best entertainment medium for their viewers. The following list contains the 10 best smart TV 2015.
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Q: Doubt in the interaction energy of the dipole in an electric field Consider a dipole ($\vec{p}$) in an electric field ($\vec E$) making an angle $\theta$ with the field.

We can see that $V_1-V_2=Ed\cos\theta$
In books, the derivation for the interaction energy of the dipole is given as

Interaction energy, $U=-qV_1+qV_2$
$\implies U=-q(V_1-V_2)$
$\implies U=-qEdcos\theta$
$\implies U=-pEcos\theta$
$Hence, U=-\vec{p}.\vec{E}$

We know that interaction energy of the dipole by definition means that the work done by the external agent in assembling the dipole in the electric field.
Suppose there is a uniform electric field $\vec{E}$ in the space.
The work done in placing the charge $-q_1$ at the position where potential due to electri field is $V_!$ is $-qV_1$
The work done in placing the charge $+q$ at a distance $d$ from $-q$ charge at angle $\theta$ with electric field is $q$(potential due to electric field + potential due to -q)
Work done in placing $+q$ charge is $q(V_2-\frac{kq_1}{d}$.
So, net interaction energy, $U=$ Work done in placing $-q$ and $+q$ charge in electric field $E$.
$\implies U=-qV_1+qV_2-\frac{kq_1}{d}$
$\implies U=-q(V_1-V_2)-\frac{kq_1}{d}$
$\implies U=-\vec{p}.\vec{E}-\frac{kq_1}{d}$
I am not able to understand why I get extra $-\frac{kq_1}{d}$ term in $U$. If we go by the basic definition of interaction energy, then I get different expression as that given in books.
Why this is so? What is the mistake in my derivation.
Please clarify the doubt.

A: The extra term is included in $V_1$, since $V_1$ stands for the total potential at that point. The way you have posted your question,
$U = -qV_1 + qV_2 - kq_/d = -q (V_1 + k/d) + q V_2 = -q V_1' + q V_2 = -q \,(V_1' - V_2) = - \mathbf{p \cdot E}.$

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